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Innovative AccuMark®

© Laird Performance Materials to make silver
Whats New unveiled at ITMA for technical textiles developed by ©Teijin Whats New
software by Gerber
metallized smart knitted textiles by selective plating
polyester fabric

Technology; Key to

successful apparel

financial year ending in March 2022.
customer’s demands. Textile researchers have
always been developing new technologies to
business Innovations are always on the way to satisfy the is steering annual sales of 150,000 metres by the
The unique processing technologies enabled Teijin
convert the conventional products into innovative
Frontier to produce new easy-care, smooth, and stable
ones. Silk fiber is well known for its superior
polyester fabric with soft texture and fine appearance
functional and aesthetic qualities and has been
washability of component design are important
The Smart or E-textiles are the products that are
considered as benchmark in apparel industry.
blouses and outers from thin to medium thicknesses.
technical features for their potential use as
easily adaptable to fast changing environment. They similar to the silk developed by silkworm. It is best for
are extending the functionality and usefulness of The novel fabric with soft and glossy appearance is
professional wearable product for medical, military,
Teijin Group's fibres and products converting
conventional textile. © Statex and Laird performance highly resistant to shrinkage and retains bright color
aerospace and automobile applications.
company has manufactured polyester fabric
materials have proclaimed a new technique of along with good mechanical properties according to
similar in looks and feel to fine silk. Teijin Frontier,
Compared to already existing rigid wearable
selective plating to create conductive pattern or customer’s demand.
circuits on both side of knitted fabrics by using electronics developed by screen printing of
highly conductive material. conductive inks, the developed technology will
provide high amperage flexible circuits that are easy
Pure silver metallization was done to provide better to roll, ready to use sensors along with value-added
Brrr technology
performance products with greater reliability and less services like die cutting, multilayer lamination, wire
connection, and LED population or battery
developmental cost. The stretchability and implementation.
Steiger Vega 3.130 is specially designed for proven to keep you
technical textiles that is equipped with warp and
weft insertion of high-performance yarns Novel colour formulation
according to the technical requirements of
customers for their textile based solutions. It has dry and supercool
a specific cam-box for semi-rigid yarns, as well software by © X-Rite for
as adapted sinker kinetics.
textile industry
Moisture management of textile is the most important consideration in today’s apparel industry that decides
The distance adjustment between needle-beds is the dynamic comfort of wearer. Wicking and capillarity action not only keeps the fiber dry during certain activity
a specially designed feature for special intake to but also critical to promote the evaporative cooling.
Cutting accuracy and efficiency has been fabricate 3-D products along with particular
efficient and cost effective production.

considered an extremely important factor for system of clamps and scissors to cut yarns and Recipe formulation is key for proper textile colouration. Textile colour match performance is a function of how
brrr°’s patented cooling technology is always proven best for its consistent performance by independent
Knitting technology have been widely applied for
To boost productivity dramatically its new
garment manufacturing process and profitable selectable carriage inversion ramp for optimized global labs as this technology can keep the consumers cool and comfortable in daily activities by creating a
precisely dye behavior in a formula reflects dye behavior under current conditions.
development of Technical textiles. Therefore huge
subscription-based bundles, helps companies to

business. Automation and digital technology has production. Triple Chill Effect. brrr° spends a significant portion of its budget to validate and authenticate the cooling,
research have been conducted for manufacturing
also impacted the efficiency of apparel and keep up with the continuously changing trends and ©X-Rite and Pantone, leaders in colour science and technology, always offer something novel to textile
wicking and drying properties of fabrics.
styles due to easy and affordable access of the
of high Tec machinery. At ITMA 2019, held in
garment industry. According to Steiger CEO Pierre-Yves Bonvin, the industry. They showcased their new colour formulation software at Barcelona ITMA (20-26 June). This Color
company has recently had a number of
Barcelona, new version Steiger Vega 3.130 latest version of AccuMark® the pattern design, iMatch software accelerates recipe formulation through better initial matches and fewer corrections for faster
The independent test confirmed that Omax (cool to touch) score for brrr° nylon fabrics is 0.217 that is twice
dyeing time and cost savings by reducing waste.
successes in the field of knitted preforms for
© Gerber Technology: the innovative solution grading, marker making, production planning and than the score of other brands i.e 0.103 and brrr° polyester dries 34% faster than others. This technology is
compact flat knitting machine was launched.
3D simulation software. Gerber’s YuniquePLM plan
provider to the manufacturer, supplied the industry composites, and in one project with the Technical Richard Knapp, Product Manager, X-Rite and Pantone said, “Apparel and textile manufacturers use diverse
As Stieger is the largest flat knitting machine
durable to wash because of embedment in yarn structure.
helps all the industries to accelerate in less time,
with new AccuMark® software to satisfy the design University of Dresden, it has successfully developed color palettes for natural and synthetic materials that can lead to longer colorant recipe creation times and
manufacturer- now part of Cixing Group –

improve deadlines by managing the details of line
and production requirements. Their dynamic shaped truck component parts for Volvo. It is also Apurba Banerjee, Chief Scientist at brrr° said, “The independent lab tests once again confirmed brrr°’s superi-
plans, minimizing the communication gap by
manufacturing in Vionnaz, Switzerland
multiple lab dips”. At ITMA, attendees saw how easy it is to match the color intelligently through Color iMatch,
YuniquePLM plan enabled the organizations to working with a notable luggage brand on a range of by reducing wasteful formulation attempts it can streamline complicated textile workflows.
simplifying collaboration with worldwide
or capabilities in moving moisture and heat to make consumer comfortable”.
and China.
connect their creative teams with supply chain for the first knitted composite suitcases.
business allies.
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